Cooler.



P. STAUP.

GOOLER.

`APPLIOATION FILED Nov. 25. 1910.

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' TTORNEY PHILIP STAUF, OF MUNCIE, INDIANA.

COOLER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 13, 1912.

Application filed November 25, 191.0. Serial No. 594,210.

ported by the fifth or carried tire of the automobile.

The objects of my invention are to provide such construction in a container of this class that the space occupied by same will be utilized economically; that the food contents of the container may be preserved in a sanitary, cooled and edible condition, and the device will be durable, easy and convenient to use, and which will be capable of being held securely in removable or detachable engagement with the carried tire.

My present invention is embodied in and its objects are accomplished by the new construction, combination and arrangement of parts, and the novel features and details of construction, described in the following specification, defined in the appended claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

The several parts of the invention, as shown in the different views in the drawings, are identified by similar characters of reference. A

In the drawings-Figure 1 is a front view of my improved food cooler, a suiicient portion of the tire being shown to illustrate the function performed by it, and to show the manner of fastening the cooler into engagement with the tire. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse central sectional view of Fig. 1, the tire being not shown. Fig. 3 is a front view taken on the line 3--3 in Fig. 2, the face ring having been removed and al portion of the packing ring being broken away. Fig. 4 is a horizontal transverse sectional view taken on the line 4&4. in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 5 of Fig. 1 of a portion of the body wall, and showing the lock-bar in raised position. Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken on the line 6 of Fig. 1 of a portion of the body wall and showing the location of the studs Q.

The main or outer body of my improved food cooler consists of a cylindrical shell made of suitable material such as wood ber, or it may be made of metal of light weight such as aluminum. The frontal edge of the annular wall A1 is machined smooth and is provided with a series of lugs A3, each of which has a threaded hole. An inner body, cylindrical in form and made of suitable composition or metal is of such depth and diameter. that when supported in position, there will be a space C1 and C2 between the wall B and the back B:L of the inner body, and the wall A1 and the back A2 of the outer body, respectively. These spaces are filled with insulating material such as mineral wool or asbestos. The frontal edges of the wall B and of the partition B2 of the said inner body are machined smooth, and provided at the edge of the partition B2 are lugs B3 each of which has a threaded hole. The top portion of the partition B2 is of straight form and slopes downwardly from each side of the center and forms the oor D. lThe space between this floor and the wall B constitutes a chamber in which 'is retained a suitable quantity of ice. Studs or plates D1 on the floor D will serve to hold the ice in place. The ends D2 of this floor are made of sheet metal perforated, or they may be made of netting. Formed integral with the said inner body is a series of receptacles B4, tubular in cross section. The open end of these receptacles is of a diameter slightly less than that of the receptacle and is threaded. The shoulder B5 is in alinement with the front edges of the walls' A1, B and partition B2.

E designates a partition or packing ring. The function of this ring is to seal the space between the walls A1 and B and between the walls B2 and the walls B4, and it may be made of wood ber, papier macheJ or other suitable material; The edges of this packing ring have holes therein spaced so as to register with the threaded holes in the lugs A3, and B3, and suitable holes which register with the threaded ends of the tubular receptacles, will admit of the placement of the ypacking ring to the position as shown in the ignate as the main opening, and the function of which will be presently referred to.

The member which forms the frontal portion of the main body and which constitutes a support for the door H and the cap closures K, for the receptacles is the cast metal. face ring G. This annular face ring is substantially U-shaped in c ross section, as shown in the drawings, and is provided with holes at its outer and inner edges through which screws G1 .may be passed and screwed into threaded holes in the lugs A3 and B3. When the cap screws G1 are screwed down, the face ring is tightened against the outer' edge of the packing ring, and when the screws G2 are screwed. down, the face of the wall B and of the wall B2 are drawn to a sealed contact with the underside of the packing ring, and the face ring G will be held securely in position.

Provided for each of the tubular receptacles is a cap K. Each of these caps is internally threaded to fit the threaded end of the receptacle and when screwed down into the position as shown in Fig. 4, the flanges K1 will. have passed through suitable openings provided therefor in the face ring, and the rims of the caps will tighten against the face ring. An aperture Gr4g in the upper portion of this face ring and which may be designated as the main opening is located as to aline with the similar main opening hereinbefore referred to in the packing ring. o

The door H, swung on the hinges L, and which forms a closure for the food compartment has its edges beveled to tit a similarly beveled opening in the face ring. This door is of hollow formation and its interior portion of insulating material will be held in place by a back plate H1. M designates a suitable lock or latch. The shelves H2 afford suitable supports for the food packages or parcels to be stored in the food compartment.

N designates a lid for the ice chamber. The structure of this lid is clearly shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2. The flange N1 is of such form that it may pass through the opening Gt in the upper part of the face ring, and the shoulder N2 will press against the edge of the opening El in the packing ring. kldhen in the closed position as shown, the buttons O are turned to the position illustrated in Fig. 1 and the lid will be held securely closed.

As before stated, this improved food cooler is intended to be held in position inside of the tire P. To afford facility whereby it may be placed in and secured at such position easily and with despatch construction and arrangement of parts may be provided. Provided on the external face of the wall A1 are the studs Q arranged as shown in Fig. 3 and in Fig. 6. At locations toward the upper portion of the body and on the external face of the wall A1 are lugs B having curved faces R1. R2 designates a hole that extends transversely through said lug and which hole terminates at the rear side of said lug in the form of a recess R3. The stem S which terminates at the front in the form of an arm S1 having a face of "curvature to conform substantially to that of the tire, is free to move in the hole R2, so as to lie in the flat inoperative position as shown in Fig. 1, or in the upright or operative position as shown in Fig. 5. Tt will be observed that four of the screws G1, as plainly shown in Figs. 1 and 2, have peculiarly formed heads. These heads constitute the eyes T. T1 and T1 designate eyes of similar shape formed integral with and at the rear edge of the wall A2. Through these eyes are passed the leather straps U. It is obvious that eyes may be provided for additional straps U, if deemed desirable.

V designates an outlet that extends from the lower portion of the space between the walls A1 and B, and the outside of the wall A2.

To place my improved cooler into position and actual engagement wit-h the tire, the arms S1 are laid into flat position. The cooler is then disposed to position; the studs Q will engage the surface of the tire, as will also the lugs R. The arms S1 are then moved to the upright position shown in Fig. The effect of this engagement of the arm with the tire is to urge the latter forwardly, the end portion of the stem being drawn into the recess R3. The arms being held in this position, the cooler will be sustained in tightened engagement with the tire. Straps U carried by the eyes T1 are drawn through the eyes T and are tightened into contact with the outer face of the tire. With the cooler so connected to the tire, the latter becomes substantially a part of the device,- that is to say,-it constitutes a resilient support for said cooler, the utility of which is obvious. The cooler having been installed in position and the desired quota of ice deposited on the Hoor D, the lid N is then secured. The studs D1 on the floor will hold the ice in place. The perforated or openwork ends D2 of the floor will permit of free atmospheric circulation from the ice compartment and throughout the space between the inner and outer body; the water shed from the Hoor D will pass through the ends D2 and will bathe the surfaces of the walls B and B2, and the walls B2. The water may be discharged through t-he outlet V. The advantages afforded by the tubular receptacles, arranged as shown, are several. Food and drink containers made of fragile material such as glass, or of paper or board, will be carried without danger of breakage or mutilation. lThe ice chamber and cooling space being sealed, and the compartment and receptacles each having individual closures, there is comparatively a very small portion of the cool interior of the structure exposed to the outside air, when the provisions are being removed from or placed in the cooler.

It is obvious that the cooler may be loaded with ice and provisions at a time before as well as after it is placed in position in the tire. The cooler being capable of being attached t-o any standard form of tire, it is contemplated t-hat itl may be supplied as an accessory for automobiles.

Vhile it is thought that metal is the material most pract-icable for the inner body and for the face ring, it is contemplated that the outer body, and the door, caps, and lid may be made of pressed paper, 0r leather' beiyor wood fiber, or other similar composition.

That I claim as my invent-ion, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A container of the kind described, comprising a hollow body having an internal concentric partition to form a central compartment and a space between the outer wall and the partition; one end of said hollow body being open, receptacles disposed in said space and having open forward ends and being exteriorly shouldered near said forward ends, an'annular packing ring to close said space between the wall and said partition and the ends of said receptacles and eX- tending outside of the said wall, said hollow body having its frontal face to register with the said packing ring, a face ring, means to draw the face ring and the faces of the partition, and of the inner and outer wall into tight contact with the packing ring7 means to draw the edges of the packing ring into contact with the shoulders of the said receptacles, a door carried by the face ring to form a closure for said central compartment, and a main opening through the upper portion of the face ring and of the packing ring.

2. A container of the kind described, comprising a hollow body having a concentric partition to form a central compartment and a space between the outer wall and the partition one end of said hollow body being open, receptacles formed integral with the rear side of said body and located in said space and having their forward ends shouldered, an annular packing ring to close said space between the wall and said partition and the shouldered ends of said receptacles and extending outside of said wall and being provided with a main opening the-rein, foraminous partitions in said space and located above said receptacles, a hollow outer body having its face to register with the inner face of said packing ring, a face ring having openings therein to register with the open ends of said receptacles and being proshouldered ends of the receptacles, a door carried by the face ring to form a closure for said central compartment, a closure to close the space between the main opening of the face ring and that of the packing ring, a lid for said opening, and cap closures for said receptacles.

3. A container of the kind described, comprising a hollow body having an internal concentric partition to form a central compartment and a space between the outer wall and the partition, one end of the said hollow body being open, receptacles disposed in said space and having open forward ends and being exteriorly threaded near said forward ends, an annular packing ring to close said space between the wall and the said partition and the ends of said receptacles, a face ring having openings therein to register with the open ends of said receptacles and being provided with a main opening located to register with the main opening in the packing ring, means to draw the face ring and the faces of the partition and of the outer wall into tight contact with the packn ing ring, an insulating covering for the outer wall, means to draw the edges of the packing ring into contact with the shoulders of said receptacles, a door for said central compart-ment, and a closure to close t-he space between the main opening of the face ring and that of the packing ring, and a lid for said opening.

4L. A container of the kind described, comprising a hollow body having an internal concentric partition to form a central compartment and a space between the outer wall and the partition, one end of the said hollow body being open, receptacles disposed in` said space and having shouldered forward ends, an annular packing ring to close said space between the wall and the said partition and the ends of said receptacles, a face ring, means to draw the face ring and the faces of the partition and of the outer wall into tight contact with the outer wall, means to draw the edges of the packing ring into contact with the shouldered ends of said receptacles, an insulating covering for said outer wall, and cap closures for said receptacles.

5. A container of the kind described, comprising a hollow body having a concentric partition to form a central compartment and space and having their forward ends shouldered, an annular packing ring to close said space between the wall and said partition and the shouldered ends of said receptacles and extending outside of said wall and being provided with a main opening therein, foraminous partitions in said space and located above said receptacles, a hollow outer body having its face to register with the said packing ring, insulating material between the hollow outer body and t-he aforesaid inner body, a face ring having openings therein to register with the open ends of said receptacles and being provided with a main open` ing located to register with the main opening in the packing ring, bolts to draw the face ring and the face of the partition and the faces of the inner wall and outer wall into tight Contact with the packing ring, means to draw the edges of the packing ring into contact with the shouldered ends of the receptacles, a door to form a closure for the said central compartment7 a closure to close the space between the main opening of the face ring and that of the packing ring, a lid for said opening, cap closures for the receptacles.

ln testimony whereof I afX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PHILIP STAUF.

fitnesses THOMAS B. PARKIsoN, CHARLES M. BECKETT.

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